/**
 * DLA/Oscilloscope Project Software
 * 
 * By Kevin Cuzner <kevincuzner@yahoo.com>
 * 
 * This file is part of the DLA/Oscilloscope Project Software.
 *
 * The DLA/Oscilloscope Project Software is free software: you can 
 * redistribute it and/or modify it under the terms of the GNU Lesser
 * General Public License as published by the Free Software Foundation,
 * either version 3 of the License, or (at your option) any later version.
 *
 * The DLA/Oscilloscope Project Software is distributed in the hope
 * that it will be useful, but WITHOUT ANY WARRANTY; without even the
 * implied warranty of MERCHANTABILITY or FITNESS FOR A PARTICULAR PURPOSE.
 * See the GNU Lesser General Public License for more details.
 *
 * You should have received a copy of the GNU Lesser General Public License
 * along with The DLA/Oscilloscope Project Software.
 * If not, see <http://www.gnu.org/licenses/>.
 */


using System;
using System.Collections.Generic;

namespace DLAOscilloscopegtk
{
	/// <summary>
	/// Equation parser.
	/// </summary>
	public static class EquationParser
	{
		/// <summary>
		/// Evaluates a given equation
		/// </summary>
		/// <returns>
		/// The evaluated value of the equation
		/// </returns>
		/// <param name='equation'>
		/// The equation to evaluate
		/// </param>
		/// <param name='variables'>
		/// Dictionary of variables and their values
		/// </param>
		public static double EvaluateEquation (string equation, Dictionary<string, double> variables)
		{
			return 0;
		}
		
		/// <summary>
		/// Validates the given equation.
		/// </summary>
		/// <returns>
		/// Whether or not the equation is valid
		/// </returns>
		/// <param name='equation'>
		/// The equation to validate
		/// </param>
		public static bool ValidateEquation (string equation)
		{
			return false;
		}
		
		/// <summary>
		/// Extracts the variables from an equation.
		/// </summary>
		/// <returns>
		/// The variables extracted from the equation.
		/// </returns>
		/// <param name='equation'>
		/// The given equation.
		/// </param>
		public static List<string> ExtractVariablesFromEquation (string equation)
		{
			return new List<string> ();
		}
	}
}

